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Masinga
This checklist includes all bird species found in Masinga , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2024. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Masinga [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 7
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2021-07-05
Last modified: 2024-11-27
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| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | |
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| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
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| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Near-threatened |
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| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster | |
| Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus | |
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| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
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| Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | Endangered |
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| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
| Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
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| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
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| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Near-threatened |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered |
| Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | |
| African Goshawk | Aerospiza tachiro | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minulla | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | |
| Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | Introduced species |
| Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | |
| Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | |
| Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
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| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | |
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| Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | |
| D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus uropygialis | |
| Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata | |
| Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | |
| White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | |
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| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | |
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| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
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| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
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| Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | |
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| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
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| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| Eastern Black-headed Batis | Batis minor | |
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| White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
| Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii | |
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| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi | |
| Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli | |
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| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| White-bellied Tit | Melaniparus albiventris | |
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| Fischer's Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia | |
| Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
| Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea | |
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| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | |
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| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Green-capped Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | |
| Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
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| Highland Rush Warbler | Bradypterus centralis | |
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| White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps | |
| Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Red-throated Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rufigula | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
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| Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | |
| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
| Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans | |
| Gray-olive Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cerviniventris | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Banded Parisoma | Curruca boehmi | |
| Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | |
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| Pale White-eye | Zosterops flavilateralis | |
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| Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa | |
| Hinde's Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hindei | Vulnerable |
| Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca | |
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| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha | |
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| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | |
| Rüppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| Fischer's Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| African Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus | |
| Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
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| African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | |
| Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | |
| Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
| White-browed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| Rüppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata | |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
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| Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi | |
| Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| Black-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris nectarinioides | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | |
| Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| Gray-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi | |
| Black-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi | |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | |
| Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda | |
| Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | Near-threatened |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
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| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| Black-cheeked Waxbill | Brunhilda charmosyna | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | |
| Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis | |
| Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | |
| Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris pyrgita | |
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| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
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| African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides | |
| Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | |
| Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani | |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
| Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolata | |
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| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
| Somali Bunting | Emberiza poliopleura | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
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